000
WHUS42 KTAE 121345
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING CHANGED TO AN ADVISORY AND IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

.HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST TOWARD THE
TEXAS COAST TODAY. AS THE LARGE HURRICANE MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM
THE FLORIDA COAST...THE HIGH SURF AND STORM SURGE WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH. 

FLZ008-012-014-131500-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080913T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0009.080912T1345Z-080913T1500Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-
845 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. THIS
REPLACES THE HIGH SURF WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. 

ALTHOUGH LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM HURRICANE IKE CONTINUE TO
POUND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST...THEY ARE NOT AS HIGH AS
THURSDAY. EARLY MORNING REPORTS FROM THE SAINT JOSEPH STATE PARK
AND MR SURFS BEACH REPORT INDICATE THE SURF NOW RANGES FROM 6 TO 9
FEET...DOWN FROM THE 10 TO 18 FEET REPORTED THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT OF MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH OF LOW LYING COASTAL
ROADS APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING...THIS SURF IS STILL VERY
DANGEROUS. DOUBLE RED FLAGS ARE FLYING AT THE PANHANDLE BEACHES
FOR HAZARDOUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS...AND NUMEROUS STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE BEACHES IN BAY COUNTY ARE CLOSED TO
SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

$$

FLZ015-121445-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
FRANKLIN-
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH SURF WARNING. 

EARLY MORNING REPORTS FROM SAINT GEORGE ISLAND INDICATE THAT THE
SURF HAS DROPPED FROM 5 TO 7 FEET DOWN TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
HOWEVER...THIS IS STILL ABOVE NORMAL AND NUMEROUS RIP STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. 

$$

FLZ018-027-028-034-121445-
/O.CAN.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. 

TIDES ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST THIS MORNING WERE ABOUT 
1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT. TIDES WILL SLOWLY RETURN TO NORMAL DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
SO. 

$$

FOURNIER